International award for business courses at Sheffield Hallam

23rd February 2017

Tourism, hospitality and international business management courses at Sheffield Hallam University have once again received an international award in recognition of their quality.

Several courses run by Sheffield Business School have retained the EPAS Accreditation Award from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). The EMFD Programme Accreditation Scheme (EPAS) evaluates the quality of business or management degree programmes that have an international perspective. The recognition means the courses will benefit from international partnerships, and students will have more opportunities to work or study abroad. The courses were originally accredited in 2013 and following a 3-day inspection visit from the EFMD they have been re-accredited with a number of undergraduate courses receiving a full five-year accreditation. The accreditation team recognised the Business School for the work that has taken place to strengthen the quality of international partners, the strong regional corporate connections and its commitment to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME). Professor Kevin Kerrigan, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Sheffield Business School, said: "I am delighted with this achievement, as are staff and students from across the business school. "EPAS re-accreditation provides a global benchmark for the excellence of our student experience, knowledge creation and scholarly community. In particular, it underlines the innovative steps we have taken to internationalise our flagship programmes. "Our students will continue to benefit from this accreditation through increased opportunities to broaden their learning experiences by studying abroad with partner institutions." The University is one of only a handful of institutions worldwide to obtain this accreditation award for its undergraduate hospitality and tourism courses and for a postgraduate international business course. Courses that have been accredited are: MSc International Business Management; BSc (Hons) Hospitality Business Management; BSc (Hons) International Hotel Management; and BSc (Hons) Tourism Management.